
XAS Library?
Dear Bruce.
I was wondering how the XAS library is coming along. I have not seen too
much update on that in Hephaestus.
Best wishes,
Lisa
On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 9:33 AM

Hi Lisa,
On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 8:03 PM Lisa Langlois
This is not exactly an answer about the XAS data available with Hephaestus, but you might find some additional useful XAS spectra at the following online XAS databases: https://xaslib.xrayabsorption.org/elem/ http://ixs.iit.edu/database/ https://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/mes/spectra/index.html https://www.esrf.fr/home/UsersAndScience/Experiments/XNP/ID21/php.html https://pfxafs.kek.jp/xafsdata/list.php https://www.cat.hokudai.ac.jp/catdb/index.php?action=xafs_dbinpbrowse&selection=2&r=13 https://mdr.nims.go.jp/catalog?f%5Bmember_of_collections_ssim%5D%5B%5D=MDR+XAFS+DB&locale=en There may be others! As it happens, I just learned about the last one in that list on Friday -- It is meant to join/replace the 2 other databases from Japan listed just above it, and add other data (including from SPring8, if I understand correctly). It appears to me to be the most comprehensive. The data at IIT are in various formats some of which are very hard to deal with, and the sample sources and data are not very well described. The xaslib.xrayabsorption.org site is a not-quite-complete attempt at making a database that could be "neutral" in the sense of not tied to any one facility, hosted by the IXAS, and possible (at least in principle) for others to contribute and rate data. I have not worked on it much in the past year or so and it has sort of languished. It probably deserves more attention. Suggestions for how to improve this would be most welcome. In the discussion where I learned about the NIMS database effort, we thought that forming an ad hoc Working Group of the IXAS to discuss some of the issues for combining such databases, and hopefully make some progress in gathering data from various sources and having a more definitive set of data. I will be reaching out to several people about this, but if anyone hear is interested in participating in this effort, please contact me. --Matt

Dear all, On 2021-10-25 04:53, Matthew Newville wrote:
I would add to the list our SSHADE/FAME database too: https://www.sshade.eu/db/fame Please, feel free to extend the list if you are aware of others. I agree with Matt that an ad hoc Working Group of the IXAS on this topic is welcome. Best, Mauro
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Lisa Langlois
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Matthew Newville
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Mauro Rovezzi